quick question (punk, Europe, performance, bands, song)

cardboard adolescent · 01-25-2007, 04:40 PM

can anyone think of any punk or post-punk or other generally abrasive bands that feature a violin? the only ones coming to mind are Velvet Underground and the Raincoats, but I could swear I know a couple others.

any help would be appreciated

also, i've been looking for John Cale - Sabotage/Live for at least two years, if anyone has it

sleepy jack · 01-25-2007, 04:44 PM

Um, alot of punk fans love World Inferno Friendship Society, but I wouldn't consider them punk.

Thats really all I can think of.

Also, I havn't listened to them in forever so they may not even use a violin.

cardboard adolescent · 01-25-2007, 04:45 PM

aren't they that sort of mainstream ska-punk band? i think i had the opportunity to see them once but wasn't too impressed with what i heard

sleepy jack · 01-25-2007, 04:47 PM

I've only heard Friend To The Friendless, it didn't sound that punk, or ska at all. I try and stay away from saying what is and isn't ska though because i'm probably totally off.

cardboard adolescent · 01-25-2007, 04:48 PM

i think what i heard had a trumpet. i could be thinking of someone completely different though.

irrelevant. i'm looking for something noisy and fast that's bound to piss people off ( i want to put on a performance at school )

Strummer521 · 01-25-2007, 07:25 PM

John Cale played the Viola. That accounts for the violin-like sounds you hear in the first Velvet Underground record.

cardboard adolescent · 01-25-2007, 07:29 PM

Yeah, I know. Violin, viola, meme difference.

swim · 01-25-2007, 07:38 PM

Play some Ex-models and just add a violin part.

cardboard adolescent · 01-25-2007, 07:58 PM

I'm flirting with the idea of playing "European Son," God that would piss people off.

tdoc210 · 01-25-2007, 08:10 PM

why.. i liek that song

01-25-2007, 04:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	quick question can anyone think of any punk or post-punk or other generally abrasive bands that feature a violin? the only ones coming to mind are Velvet Underground and the Raincoats, but I could swear I know a couple others. any help would be appreciated also, i've been looking for John Cale - Sabotage/Live for at least two years, if anyone has it

01-25-2007, 07:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Play some Ex-models and just add a violin part. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

01-25-2007, 08:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	why.. i liek that song __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

01-25-2007, 04:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	aren't they that sort of mainstream ska-punk band? i think i had the opportunity to see them once but wasn't too impressed with what i heard

01-25-2007, 04:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	i think what i heard had a trumpet. i could be thinking of someone completely different though. irrelevant. i'm looking for something noisy and fast that's bound to piss people off ( i want to put on a performance at school )

01-25-2007, 07:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
Strummer521 Pepper Emergency! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 493	John Cale played the Viola. That accounts for the violin-like sounds you hear in the first Velvet Underground record.

01-25-2007, 07:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Yeah, I know. Violin, viola, meme difference.

01-25-2007, 07:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	I'm flirting with the idea of playing "European Son," God that would piss people off.